Ahmed Jaha, a member of the house of representatives from Borno state, has asked the federal government to hire foreign military mercenaries to help the country in the fight against insecurity.
Jaha, representing the Chibok/Domboa/Gwoza federal
constituency, spoke on Tuesday during the plenary session of the green chamber.
The lawmaker was contributing to a motion on the death of
one Onumegbu Ifeanyi, a civil servant in Abia, allegedly killed by a naval
officer in Rivers state.
Nigeria has been battling insecurity across the country with an uptick in banditry and kidnapping in the last 10 years.
During his administration, former President Goodluck
Jonathan procured the services of mercenaries to assist the Nigerian Army in
the war against insurgents in the northern part of the country.
But ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired military
general, terminated the contract when he took over from Jonathan, describing it
as “shameful”.
‘SECURITY AGENCIES
HAVE FAILED’
Jaha said security agencies have failed to end violent attacks
across the country despite huge allocations of funds to the tune of “N19
trillion” in the past eight years.
“We can bring in mercenaries. It was attempted during
President Goodluck Jonathan, they were about to finish Boko Haram. The new
president (Muhammadu Buhari) was convinced, and he moved them out of the
country, and the insecurity keeps on escalating to other parts of the country,”
the lawmaker said.
“We are going to organise a movement to present a position
paper on the attempt to bring mercenaries to bring an end to insecurity since
our security agencies have failed Nigerians.
“In as much as a substantial amount of money is not going to
be allocated or will continue to be allocated to security agencies, insecurity
will never come to an end in Nigeria.
“From 2015 to 2023,
more than N19 trillion was allocated to security and security-related sectors
in Nigeria. Whereas, we have an alternative.”
After the adoption of the motion, the house asked the
Nigerian Navy to conduct a “thorough and impartial investigation” into the
events that led to the death of Onumaegbu and identify the culprits.
The lawmakers also asked the federal government to provide
adequate support and compensation to the family of the deceased.
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It is not security agencies that failed Nigeria but, religious leaders, corruption, ethnicity, double standard in applying our laws , the judiciary etc etc. Look at the three newly confederated countries ;- Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, their governments have defeated terrorism in their respective countries by 80% in less than one year in office, and here we are in Nigeria that have been fighting against terrorism since decades and now, kidnappers have surrendered the entire country causing havoc among citizens. Where is our Airforce? What are they doing in their offices, they should pilot their attack helicopters across bushes and forests all over the country and eliminate these dangerous criminals from their hideouts. Why’s it difficult for the government to give directives? Our military and airforces knows exactly how to eliminate them but it appears that there’s something holding them to eradicate them.
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